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A very worthy and learned Member of this So- 
ciety, Dr. Haller , Profeffor of Phyffc, Botany, &c. 
in the Univerfuy of Gottingen , in his excellent Work 
publifhed laft Year, intituled, Ryiumeratio Metho- 
dica Stirpinm Helvetia^ tells us, when treating of 
Fungus s, Page 34. that their Seeds are produced in 
the Lamina of their concave Side j as he has moll 
evidently feen in the 35th, 50th, 73d, 93d, and 107th 
Species mentioned in his Work; which Seeds are by 
Nature, when ripe, fhaken from the Plants, and, being 
Town, propagate their Species. He likewife men- 
tions, that the Seeds of different Mufhrooms vary in 
their Colour, fome being blue, others green, white, 
&c. 
That Ornament of this Society, the late Mr. Ray, 
indeed, mentions a Fungus , difeovered by his Friend 
Mr. Hoody , which he calls, in his Hiftory of Plants, 
Vol. 111 . Page 21. Fungus femimfer ext erne ftriatus\ 
and Monlieur Tournefort , in his lnft it ut tones Rei Her- 
baria> Page 560. takes notice of another Species of 
this Tribe, which he calls Fungoides infmidibuli - 
forme femme fatum. Monffeur Vaillant , in Page 57. 
of his Botanicum Farifienfe , gives a Defcription and 
Figures of the Seeds of thefe Two Kinds. His Words 
are to this Purport, when tranflated from the French . 
“ Within the Cavity, fays he, of thefe Plants, towards 
tc the Bottom, are contained many Seeds heaped one 
“ upon another, cut upon their fuperior Surface 
fomewhat like a Triangle, broad underneath, where 
“ they are conneded to a little Tendon, and are 
“ whitifh.” Notwithffanding the high Veneration I 
have for the Opinions of thefe able Botaniffs, I am 
fatisfied the Parts of thefe Two Plants, fo imagined, 
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